South African police standoff with miners: 20 people emerge from disused shaft on Wednesday

Police in South Africa say 20 miners have emerged from a disused gold mine on Wednesday. It's believed several thousand people remain kilometers underground in the country's North West province. The government has not yet initiated a rescue operation. Nearby, others are ek-ing out a living panning for specs of gold above ground. Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa reports from Stilfontein. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #SouthAfrica #GoldMining #IllegalMining #RescueOperation #NorthWestProvince #UndergroundMiners #GoldRush #MiningCrisis #AlJazeeraEnglish